Records of the Parish of St Mary Stratford Bow Civil parish local authority records relating to the maintenance of the parish and its people. There are key resources for tracing individuals in the parish as follows: Records include minutes and related records of the vestry. These include workhouse committee minutes (1803-1830) and a record of the parish's boundary stones and markers. There are also extensive series of rate books and land tax assessments recording individuals. The collection also includes churchwardens and Overseers account books (from 1719). Poor law records include registers of poor in the workhouse (1806-1825) and later individuals in the Poplar Union Workhouse (1859-1865), an apprenticeship register (1802-1827) and poor law 'pauper' examination and settlement records (1740-1866). Also held are records of the treasurer, surveyors and highways, Bow Consolidated Charities, Commissioners of Public Baths and Wash Houses and Bow Library. 1719-1961